fear

Fear is a feeling induced by perceived danger or threat that occurs in certain types of organisms, which causes a change in metabolic and organ functions and ultimately a change in behavior such as fleeing, hiding, or freezing from perceived traumatic events. . . In humans and animals, fear is modulated by the process of cognition and learning. . . The fear response serves survival by generating appropriate behavioral responses, so it has been preserved throughout evolution.(Wikipedia) Our contemporary world view seems to often use the word fear to describe a state of being as well as juxtapose the notion of love as its opposite. I find this disconcerting as if the notion of fear is to be avoided at all cost and the idyllic pursuit of humanity is to live in [...]